Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-02-17
LIVE STOCK.
Wheeling.

The cattle market this week was slow
and prices remained about the same rs those
of last week. The hog market was active
with prices slightly higher than those of
last week. MeSsrs. Hudson & Bayha furnish
the following quotations:
Cattle-i,0 600 to LOO lbs stock 39a4!
per h.; 500 to 900 lbs. 3ia3!c. per h.; 700
to 800 lbs. Sable. per ID.
HOgs-Market active 4fa5lc per lb.
Lambs-GOOd at 33a5c per ID.
Calves-3a5c per ID.
Sheep-3!tO4!C per ID.
Baltimore.
MONDAY, February II, 1887.
CALVERTON.
SwINE-Thereis Il fair supply of hogs in
the pens this week, and the quality con-
tinues good. suitable to the wants of the
butchers. Prices show an advance on last
weeks figures of ic per pound. We now
quote at 63a73 cents per pound net, with
most sales from Z to :! cents. Receipts
this week 9,O57 head.
CLAREMONT STOCK YARDS.
Arrivals of Live Stock at Claremont
Stock Yards via Baltimore and Ohio rail
road for the week ended February lilo
cars, containing 9l4 cattle, 63 calves, 67S
sheep, 3,6l3 hogs, 1871 horses and 81
mules.
Shipments to Philadelphia, etc, so cat
tie, ; calves, 965 hogs, l5l horses and Al
mules.
All hogs and sheep sold in these
yards are nj gross weight. Receipts of hogs
this week are 2,4Oi head, against 2,393
last week; rough hogs sold at s. -, and
fair to good ut s. SOaG OO per 100 lbs.
Philadelphia Cattle Market.
PHILADELPHIA. February 1.-THE re-
ceipts for the week were: Beeves, 300
head; sheep, 10, 1000 head; hogs, 1900 head
for the week previous, beeveS 2,2OO head
sheep 10000 head; hogs $500 head. Beet
cattle were iasc higher; best SIC; medium,
I3a5ic. Sheep were in fair demand and
firm; extra 5ia6c, medium, SIC; common,
3Ia4lc; lambs sold to n moderate extent at
5a7c. Hogs were firm and in fair request;
500 State hogs sold at 7a7!c; western
quoted ut 7Sa7sc; Chicago, Ease.
Cincinnati Horse and Mule Market.
CINCINNATI, February II.
Receipts were large during the past
week, but still not sufficient to meet the
very active demand. Buyers were numerous
and all kinds of stock met with ready sale.
No change in quotations. We quote;
Driving horses $125al75; draft horses, $l7J
a225, streeters, $l0Oa125, Southern chunks
$90all5. Mules, aged four to eight years,
15I to 16 hands, Sl35al50; - to l54
hands $l15a135; 143a15 hands, $90all5;
II to 144 hands, $75a9O.
New York.
NEW YORK, February 16.-Beeves-Re-
ceipts 104 cars; prices are unchanged and
sales were slow and an easier feeling pre-
vailed before the finish; common to good
steers 81 30a5 80; prime n extra do s. Al
a6 90; bulls and dry COWS 50 OOa4 On.
Sheep-Receipts l, 40 head; market dull
and weak for common and ordinary stock,
but q large volume of business and full
prices for all desirable offerings. Sheep
sold at$4 75a5 So per 100 pounds; lambs
S. 75a6 10.
Hogs-Receipts 1900 head, all for
slaughter direct; market nOminally steady
at S. 65a5 90.
CHICAGO, February 16. - Cattle-Re-
ceiptS 5000; shipments 1000; market
steady: shipping steers, s. 50a5 90;
stockers and feeders 81 50a3 So; cows,
bulls and mixed 81 75a3 70; bulk s. Goa
3 30.
Hogs--Receipts q, 1000 head; shipments
10, 900 head; market strong and 5a1Oc
higher; packing and shipping 81 75a5 75;
light 81 75a5 40; skips s. 5Oa4 20.
Sheep-Receipts 1900 head; shipments